SAR reader Bruce contacted Sigma UK and asked them when they actually do plan to ship the 24-105mm and 600mm A-mount lenses. The answer he got from Sigma UK is:
At this stage, we do not have any further information I’m afraid, we are awaiting the updates currently ourselves at this stage unfortunately.
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Sigma, the can’t do people. Now that they finally are able to design quality lenses that people want they fall short in the manufacturing operations department. Sigma needs to stop making excuses and start manufacturing.
Maybe the A-Mount is too big?
No. A-mount is too little. In volume. And questioned by its present manufacturer as well.
I guess the demand for their Sigma mount lenses is so huge that they can’t produce enough lenses to serve the Sony mount..
Yes, the lenses are trickling out of the factory at an amazing speed. 🙂
For e mount do it !!! sony 18-105 f4 is nightmare . The biggest distortion I have ever seen .
Sigma will not make FE lenses.
Do you own the 18105? Guess not.
Yes, you are right regarding the distortions. However distortions aren’t an issue either at in-camera processing or at pp in LR or DxO. Color rendition is quite good, and sharpness is acceptable for a ~6x zoom.
Sigma is just making excuses. They will only sell to Canikon and ignore and insult all other brands. What about lenses for mFT? Is that mount not big enough either?
anyone know anything about the 50 1.4 Art for A-mount?
“At this stage, we do not have any further information I’m afraid, we are awaiting the updates currently ourselves at this stage unfortunately.” Sigma doesn’t know what Sigma is doing!
A circular argument.
I really want this lens 24-105 for Alpha. I really really want this lens. Still using my old Tamron 35-105/2.8 for this category. So in need of an upgrade.
Sigma expects updates, are those that sony will announce early 2015?
This and the 50mm art lens are the two lenses I want the most! I hope we will get them soon! 🙂
Again a bad sign for the A mount. It seems like Sigma is waiting til it´s sure that the A mount continues. Not surprising – Why should they produce alot of lenses if the mount is more or less discontinued – OR if the A mount is focused just on pro bodies any more (so the possible sale volumes are even lower than in the past) -.-
Sigma is interested in selling the lenses they produce.
They have one production line for each lens. Changing the mount means stopping current production, re-arranging tools, and restart producing with new mount.
Let’s just assume they are doing 100 lenses a day, and arranging tools takes a day.
With that amount I would guess the two days stopping are around 100k.
To compensate they’d sell a month’ charge I guess.
Considering the lens being interesting mostly for FF users the expected sales is too low for Sigma – that’s it.
However the 50/1.4 does also suit APS-C users. So for this lens the expected sales should be enough to give a green light…
totally agree with you.
A mount is fading out, while E mount is the now and the future.
if i was sigma, i will definitely delay to produce A mount lens and continue to research on how to produce affordable good quality (F)E mount lens.
Do you really need it? I can live with older F/2,8-4,5 Sigma 24-135.
I’m sure Sigma and Tamron will be removing its “OS” feature on A-mount then what’s the point for me to buy and use it on Sony LA-EA4 adaptor?
Sigma and Tamron if you’re listening, put an ON/OFF switch and keep OS feature on A-mount lens.
Especially when one of Sigma’s excuses for not releasing FE lenses is that their a-mount lenses can be adapted.
Here’s a very neat solution to the problem:
Simply go out and buy a lens for the Nikon D750, just make sure to include the camera as well.
That way you’ll definitely get the OSS with the lens.
Plus you’ll be well on the way to a far better SYSTEM. Also consider that the Sigma 150-600mm lens will only be available for CaNikon, in the same way that this lens is.
This coming from an A-Mount user.
Will just have to see what Sony produces in the next two months. Might be tempted if[big if] there’s any discount on the Nikon D750 come black friday.
If Sony doesn’t give a damn about A-Mount, why should Sigma?
It’s very simple, unfortunately.
I used to say that if Sony only makes A-Mount bodies, we can rely on 3rd party manufacturers for the lenses… because Sony is unwilling to make them… but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
You guys can’t stop bs’ing on this “A-mount is dead” topic, can you?
We have the A77II and the A99 which are both more than just capable cameras.
We have a complete assortment of pro lenses, which can be improved by including some 3rd (Sigma 35/1.4, Sigma 150/2.8 macro, Sigma 180/2.8 macro).
Since the release of the A99 in 11/2012 they brought the ZA50/1.4, the 500G, they renewed the 70200G and 70400G, and they announced to renew the 70300G, the ZA85 and ZA135.
What the f..k is “doesn’t give a damn” with that?
If you are not able to produce outstanding pictures with what is available, because you are missing new bodies and lenses to reach perfection, than photographing may not be a suitable hobby to you?!?
>they announced to renew the 70300G, the ZA85 and ZA135
They never did. It was a rumor, along with the 35mm Zeiss rumor, which came out… for E-Mount.
I could make do with the current A-Mount offerings, but if Sony may be discontinuing the system, I feel shaky about investing a lot of money into buying the pro FF system from Sony that doesn’t have any future.
I contacted sigma about 2 weeks ago to enquire about the availability of this lens.
They have stopped production of this lens in ALL mounts whilst they persue a new production plan. There is no indication as to when it will re commence ( if at all ). They have said they will contact me when they know the outcome of the new plan
Unfortunately for those who have a need, Sigma do this ALL the time! Their history of announcing lenses and then taking forever to supply, if at all, is second to none.
There had been a time when I was really interested in the 70-200 that they announced would be coming in an A mount (back in my A900 days…), but it was never released. They actually came out with a newer model about 3 years later before anyone could get that type of lens for Sony (or Pentax, come to that).
Indeed, I asked the same questions then and received the identical answer!
It’s coming ladies…don’t get your panties in a bunch.